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Built on exploitation? In my opinion built on utility supplied to customers.

• vkou 3y ago
  Actually, it's built on users supplied to advertisers. --- Facebook's utility for me is now near zero, possibly negative. I'm only there because mom is there. Mom's only there because her friends are there. Moving out of that morass - at least, until mom stops using computers is impossible. At least with Amazon, Google, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft, etc, I (currently) have meaningful alternatives. Network effects suck.
  • JohnFen 3y ago
    > I'm only there because mom is there. Why should that keep you there, though? She's your mother. Surely, you can talk with her directly even if she is on Facebook.
    • scrum-treats 3y ago
      I'm only there because FB requires a current photo of me alongside a picture of my government issued ID in order to "regain access" to my account in order to deactivate it. How this is legal is astonishing.
    • kingTug 3y ago
      Can't speak for OP but I haven't deactivated my FB to keep tabs on my elderly father. It's an enormously toxic force in his life and it gives me some sense of control when I know what's influencing him. Especially in the throes of the pandemic. He would have engaged in a lot more risky behavior had I not been able to steer him away from some of it.